Keeping its commitment to social and technology development across all sectors of Puerto Rico’s population, Claro de Puerto Rico announced Monday the expansion of its basic Internet course program to include the group of “baby boomers” who belong to the Plaza Las Américas “Walkers Club” who visit the mall daily to walk and exercise.
The Economic Development Bank announced Wednesday it granted local company South Puerto Rico Towing and Boat Service Inc. an $8 million loan and credit line to use for operating expenses.
SAP Puerto Rico and Caribbean became the company’s fastest growing region in Latin America with a 108 percent growth in revenue from software sales during the first quarter of 2012.
Autogermana MINI recently donated $12,000 to the CAP Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to working for the welfare of pediatric cancer patients at the Puerto Rico Children's Hospital.
With the objective of preparing well-rounded health professionals, John Dewey College recently inaugurated its first Health Sciences graduate school, offering master's degrees in nursing with specialties in anesthesiology, mental health and psychiatry.
Banco Popular announced the launching of its “Depósito Fácil” (“Easy Deposit”) service, through which clients have the option to deposit checks at select ATM machines without having to use an envelope or fill out a deposit slip.
Banco Popular and its agency JWT Puerto Rico were awarded the prestigious Grand Prix Lion for public relations at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France for the bank’s “Echar Pa’lante” institutional campaign.
Just in time to fight off the scorching summer months, frozen yogurt chain Yogen Früz is rapidly expanding its local presence with the recent addition of its Plaza Esmeralda location in Guaynabo, plus plans for future locations slated begin serving the cold treats in Old San Juan, Mayagüez and Carolina in coming weeks.
The 2011 International Congress and Convention Association’s (ICCA) recently released country rankings show that the number of association meetings taking place in Puerto Rico more than tripled to 30 in 2011 from nine in 2010, when the island hosted a mixed bag of groups.
In keeping with its corporate practice of participating in the discussion of issues affecting the island, Banco Popular unveiled Thursday its newest exhibit, called “On/Off: Energy options for Puerto Rico,” at its Old San Juan building.
The W Retreat & Spa – Vieques Island and the Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa in Guánica were the recent recipients of “Certificate of Excellence” awards from renown travel site TripAdvisor, the hotels announced separately.
Supermercados Econo, in conjunction with 17 companies, announced the second phase of its “Gestos Positivos Pásalos Pa’lante” (“Positive Gestures, Pay them forward”) corporate social responsibility program will kick off Saturday.
Healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions provider NextGen Healthcare Information Systems LLC and Dell announced Wednesday an agreement with Puerto Rico Hospital Supply Inc. to jointly market and deliver advanced technology solutions and services to medical practices of all sizes and physician networks throughout Florida, the Caribbean, and opportunity to expand into the Central and South American markets.
Tourism Company Executive Director Luis Rivera-Marín on Monday went to check the work being done in the area of ground transportation service at Terminal A, what is now known as the JetBlue Terminal at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.
The Internet Advertising Bureau, Puerto Rico chapter, will unveil the results of the second edition of its Social Networks study, which aims to show the prevailing trends in the use of online networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn, Google, YouTube and others.
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